The remaining demons instantly transformed into their true forms: black bears several meters tall, giant birds with wingspans of five to six meters, lizards with three legs and sharp horns, two-tailed giant snakes, and nine-headed bats. Each demon beast exuded a powerful aura.
The cultivators from the human realm also became more vigilant upon seeing this.
"How could this be? Our human realm only wished to connect with the demon realm, as we haven't interacted in years. We came here in friendship," the man who had been observing Luo Yunshi said with a smile.
"Oh? Friendship? That's not what your current posture suggests to this King. Our demon realm also dislikes dealing with the human realm."
The human and demon realms immediately engaged in a war of words.
Luo Yunshi didn't have time to attend to this for the moment, instead communicating with Ruan Litian via telepathy.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they got straight to the point.
Both were cultivators, and especially after being bound to a system, they understood the importance of merit and faith.
Luo Yunshi proposed that she could sell supplies from her shop to him. If the Han Kingdom possessed resources, combined with the plants and other items within his system, unifying the human realm would be easier.
However, the human and demon realms must remain separate worlds. This meant that the merit from the demon realm would belong to her. Otherwise, if the human and demon realms went to war, with the Hao Yun Lai shop present, both sides would only end up mutually destructive.
After analyzing the pros and cons, Ruan Litian ultimately conceded, nodding slightly in agreement. He stated that he would explain the situation to his father and would also consult with Country M and Country Y.
Luo Yunshi secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
Just as they finished their conversation, the cultivators dispatched by the human realm had already engaged in battle with King Bai Li and the other demons.
The human cultivators had invented defensive battle armor, made from special materials, rendering it incredibly tough. It could contend evenly with the tough bodies of the demon race.
The armor not only provided defense but also offense. It emitted spiritual energy fluctuations, significantly boosting the cultivator's own strength. A Golden Core stage 1 cultivator, when wearing the armor, could display strength equivalent to Golden Core stage 3.
When the cultivator's own spiritual energy was depleted, the armor could slowly absorb spiritual energy from the surroundings, akin to having spirit stones in hand. Without needing to hold spirit stones, one could rapidly absorb the spiritual energy stored by the armor. Even if the rate of spiritual energy depletion during an attack couldn't keep up with the armor's absorption of external spiritual energy, one could still activate spirit energy handguns on the arm portions, attacking enemies with spirit energy bullets.
Furthermore, spirit energy handguns and rifles were also common weapons used by ordinary soldiers in various countries.
The battle between the two sides escalated to hundreds of moves within a breath's time, instantly turning the grassland around the barrier into scorched earth.
In the sky, mushroom clouds occasionally rose from the battlefield.
"Everyone, stop! Let's sit down and talk things through," Ruan Litian shouted, using his spiritual energy to halt the fighting.
Luo Yunshi was also not idle and quickly flew to the battlefield to intervene.
"Everyone, please pause for a moment."
Luo Yunshi used her spiritual energy, her voice calm and unhurried, as if she were casually asking, "Have you eaten?" but with extreme ease. Yet, she casually reached into her system backpack and pulled out an air conditioner from the Hao Yun Lai shop. She then adjusted the temperature and unleashed a move: "Ice Seal a Thousand Miles."
The surrounding temperature instantly plummeted, and the cold air forced the surrounding cultivators to use their spiritual energy, causing a thick layer of ice to form on the ground.
The great battle was interrupted by both Ruan Litian and Luo Yunshi, and the surroundings became eerily quiet. Several unfriendly gazes turned towards Luo Yunshi.
"You are a human cultivator, yet you consort with demons. You are simply a traitor to humanity," a golden-haired male cultivator, clad in battle armor, said in broken Chinese, launching an attack towards Luo Yunshi from a corner.
Seeing the sneak attack, Luo Yunshi maintained a high-and-mighty demeanor and stood motionless.
"Boss Luo, be careful!" the demon cultivators shouted in alarm.
Some demon cultivators cursed, "How despicable! You dare to sneak attack!"
"You court death! How dare you attempt a sneak attack in front of this King?" the Demon King's voice turned ice-cold, as if emanating frost. He waved a hand in the air, and the golden-haired man was sent flying.
The golden-haired male cultivator had, just a moment ago, assumed Luo Yunshi was stunned and thus motionless, feeling smug that his mission was about to be completed. The next second, he crashed heavily onto the ground, spitting up blood.
His strongest attack could have successfully killed a Nascent Soul cultivator through a sneak attack. How could this Golden Core female cultivator emerge unharmed?
This level of attack would be considered good if a Nascent Soul cultivator could withstand it. Was it because she was alone and her strength was low that they wanted to bully her? Luo Yunshi sneered inwardly.
The man was unaware of Luo Yunshi's thoughts. He was merely acting on instructions from above. This woman was not from their country, though she looked like someone from the Han Kingdom. Such a monstrous talent could not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Han Kingdom a second time. It would be best to kill her amidst the chaos to prevent her from becoming an asset to the Han Kingdom.
"Host, take him down. This person must be jealous of your high strength and excellent talent," Xiao Qi incited, adding fuel to the fire.
Luo Yunshi ignored Xiao Qi's words and looked at everyone, shaking her head and sneering, "You call me a traitor to humanity? How ridiculous. Why don't we collectively ask who was behind this order?"
The human cultivators felt a sense of unease, especially the top-tier cultivators.
Top-tier cultivators like them could sense the subtle currents of fate. This unease was not unfounded.
After Ruan Litian spoke with the leading cultivators from the human realm, their attitude towards Luo Yunshi and the Demon King changed drastically.
They stepped forward together to apologize to Luo Yunshi, stating that they would investigate which force dispatched the attacker and would certainly provide an explanation. They then left a contingent of cultivators to guard the barrier and returned to the human realm's base.
The Demon King also dispatched a group of demon cultivators to guard the barrier's entrance. He then led the injured and near-death demons back to Hao Yun Lai with Luo Yunshi.
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The severely injured demons from the demon realm were quickly sent to the Hao Yun Lai medical clinic for treatment.
After a busy half-day, the demons finally had time to sit in the Hao Yun Lai lobby and chat.
"Fortunately, we have Boss Luo's medical clinic. Very few of our little demons died. We secretly brought the dying ones to the shop for treatment."
"The human weapons are so powerful. I wonder how they are made. Even my tough hide was injured. If only we had such equipment."
"The key is that we don't know how to make them. We don't understand any of that knowledge."